Egg-case.



Y EGG CASE. Y APPLICATION FILED SEPT.20,1912. E-NEWED FEB. 27,1915.. LLQS.

' 1. M sHELmN.

Patented June 15, 1.915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ATTO R N EY shown closedand sealed.

drawings, and pointed out ,hereto ap ended; it `bein 45 @TAS ATENE OFFKOE@ JOHN ll/I. SHELTON, 0F OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOB. T0 TH JNO,

lZI. SHELTON EGG CARRIER COMPANY, A CORPORATION 0F OKLAHOM.

EGG-CASE. y

Application led September 20, 1912*, Serial No. 721,461.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN M. SHnL'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oklahoma city, in the county of Oklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Egg-Oase, of which the folvprovide an egg ease, equipped with egg holders designed to contain a dozen or other predetermined number of eggs, and adapted to maintain the saine in a vertical position with the points down, and capable of enabling the eggs to be easily and accurately tested and of being s Inped or otherwise marked while' the eggs Another object of the acter, adapted in the handling of eggs-either during the packing of an egg case, or in the retail -sale' of the e' eggs from being inJured through contact with. the supporting surface upon which the holder or carrier may 'be placed.

The invention also has for its object to provide an egg casein which the eg holders'. or carriers may be easily Vand bled and readily removed for testing, sale, or other uifpose. .v With t ese and other. objects in view.,- the invention consists in the -construction and novelV combination lof parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the in the claims understood that various c anges in the gorin,jproportion, size and minor details of` construction, witlif inthe scope of the claiulis, Inaybe'resorted to without departing spirit or saerf icing any of the advantagesof' the invention. f

In `the drawings :TFigure "1 .isia perspective view of an egg meeptlihlstriicted in accordance Awith .thisx fveii'ton .and

Specification of Letters Patent.

are in the holders.` invention is to pro` vide an egg holder or carrier ofy this char-4 ings. ggs, of preventing the.

quick y assent accompanying Figisl a'. verticale' its, anaj or .ans

Patented June i5, iliil. Renewed February 27, 1915. Serial No. 11,627.

sectional View,

taken substantially on the line 2%2 of Fig.

4, the box being closed and sealed. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view 0n the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig, 4 is a verticalsectional view on the line H of Fig. 3, the cover being open. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the lining. Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the egg holders or carriers. Fig. 7 isa detail perspective view of one of the straight vertical kspacing' Y strips.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the gures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, 1 designates a receptacle preferably of cubical form and constructed of paper, or any other suitable material and provided with a lid or cover composed of two hinged sections or members 2, designed in practice to be sealed in their closed position by a strip 3 of adhesive paper tape, extending along the contiguous edges of the sections or members oi the cover and having Vterminal portions 4, secured to the outer faces of the .opposite sides of the receptacle l, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 or the drawln practice the receptacle 1 wiil be collapsible, but as any form of collapsible boxinay be employed, illustration thereof is deemed unnecessary. The receptacle will also preferably be of 'a size to contain ive egg holders or 'carriers 5, each containing Aone dozen eggs. When constructed in this' mnner, each receptacle will contain ve dozen eggs, and siii of .these receptacles will fill an ordinary crate, which contains the. Usulthirty dozen @see any other desired size may, of course, be employed.-

.he egg holders or carriers 5 1171- a Vertical position within oeptacle 1, and each consists of :two reef tangular sheets ..6 of paste board. having pressed or otherwise formed therein `ovate cavities 7, arranged in rows, as clearly illus. trated in Figsuja and ,6 ci the drawings. The sheets or pthe carrierfsare fitted t face to facewitli and formule ses the box@ er `rethe cavities -oloinci'i Ce are arranged 11S, which een@ were@ een' in a vertical ipcsitlcn and.. is:

but .neceptaeles .of

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tapered downwardly to support the egg in a vertical position with the point downward, so that the white of the egg, which surrounds the yolk, willcushion the latter and prevent the yolk from coming in contact with the skin of the egg shell. By supporting the eggs in this position, it is possible to keep them in proper denitely in a temperature ranging from forty to sixty degrees Fahrenheit. The closed and sealed receptacle will also as sist in preserving the eggs in proper condition, as it will prevent circulation of air, evaporation and consequent drying of the-eggs.I

The sheets orosections 6 are secured'to` gether at theiry opposite edges by strips 9 of adhesive paper tape, which extendsv across,

the adjacent edges of the sheets or members -and have their terminals arranged at the said sheets or members. are preferably arranged maybe of any desired outer faces of the These strips, which in pairs, as shown,

- number, and they may be easily and quickly o ployed, as the sheets lenable the eggs to condition, and they 'eggs applied to the sheets or members of the egg holders or carriers, but any other suitable fastening means may, of course, be emextend beyond the egg cells a suiiicient distance to enable the sheets or members to be secure'dvtogether in any desired manner. The sheets or members are provided in the walls' 'of their egg receiving cavities with relatively large centralcircular openings 10, arranged directly opposite each other in transverse alinement at opposite sides of each vertical egg cell. In practice these openings 10 will be one inch in diameter to afford aznple spacefor stamping or otherwise marking-on the eggs the date when they were laid or packed and'also to be' easily and accurately tested. .The side vopenings of the cells are of suiiicient size to enable the person examining or testingthe eggs to 'see around orbeyond the unbroken yolk of anegg in perfect will enable the character. ofthe eggs and the condition of the yolks thereof to be ascertained at a glance.

The walls of theegg lreceiving cavities at `the openings 10` are sufficiently thick to project beyond the' plariee'foflthe side faces of the eggs to previ-,nette latteffrombing broken throu h contact with,` any"`surface upon which t e'egg holder ofcarrier niay bevplaced either during the' packing of ,the or in retailingor otherwisehandling rthe holders or carriers.'v

The egg` holders or" carriers are maintained in a vertical position'withintheA re-` ceptacle 1 and in spaced relation with one.

another by means of a rectangular-kring 11. and' straightyertical spacing-strip's' 12; 'The lining, which is arrangedlatfthe inner faces desired manner.

condition inl are providedat intervals with vertical guide grooves 15, which receive the vertical edges of the sheets or members of the egg holders or carriers:` `These vertical guide grooves, which space theegg holders or carriers at their vertical side edges, are formed by outwardly extending crimps, forming outwardly 'converging sides and iiat connecting portions 16, which tl flat against the inner acesof the contiguousvertical walls of the i Thetaperin'g guide grooves or channels enable the eggholders or carriers to be rapidly placed in the receptacle in a vertical position, and they also permit the ready withdrawal of. any of the holders or carriers.

The sides 14 of the lining are provided at intervals with vertical spacing and bracing ribs 17 formed by tapered inwardly extending crimps or bends and being of suiiicient size to extend fromzthe sidewalls of the receptacle into vthes'pace between the egg cells and fitagainst the outer sheets or members .of the contiguous carriers or holders between the vertical rows of egg cells, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The verticalspacing ribs 17 have converging sides, connected by flat portions 18, which it against the contiguous sections or members 'of the egg holders or carriers.

The egg holders or carriers are spaced and braced by the straight vertical strips 12 interposed between the said holders or carriers, and fitting betwee'rifthe lvertical rows of egg cells andjfthereb'y' interlocked with the holdersforncarriers against horizontal displacement. ,Tzliefvertical rows of spaced 105 egg cells form'intervening guides or ways to receive thefverticaledges of thespacing strips 12,'A whichl arev arranged -in alinement with one anotherand in the planes of the spacing and bracing ribs, as clearly illus- 110 trated in ig. 3 of the drawings. The` straight vertial strips coact with the bracing ribsto 'fornir continuous braces, extending from one side-.14 ofthe receptacle Yto the oppositeside'theebf, andthe egg holders 115 or carriers 'aretherby maintained in proper spaced relation and 1"are prevented-from comingin' contact-'.with one" another' during the handling oftle'l receptacle. This structure enables theeg"y contained within the receptacle to be'handled with the sam'efacility as ordinary merchandise, as" it will be impossible to' break the eggs without actually crushing' ,the-receptacle. y

' When the 4receptacle is un'sealedwaad 125 opened, all oi the .-egg holders or carriers are exposed f-andvlany one ofthe same may be: readily '-removed fosale or inspection. The eggs are' .dgnedjgto remain' in the holder or carrier until v'removed by the con- 130 a receptacle provided means being held in position v composed of two fitted fiat against each other maare@ sumer, the cheapness of the carriers or holders rendering their preservation for reuseA immaterial. l l

What-is claimed is L1A device of the class described including vertical egg carriers or holders, each composed of two sheets of thin material fitted flat against eachother and provided with coinciding cavities fitting together and forming egg cells conforming to the configuration of an egg and arranged to support the eggs in a vertical position with their points at the bottom, and means for supporting the eggholders in a vertical position upon their lower edges, said means including a receptacle provided at opposite sides with spaced vertical guides arranged at intervals and receiving the vertical edges of the egg holders, and reinovable means separate from the egg holders for spacing the latter between the guides, said removable by the egg cells.

2. A` device of the class described comprising vertical egg carriers orholders, each sheets of thin material fitted fiat against each other and provided with coinciding cavities fitting together and forming egg cells conforming tothe configuration of an egg and arranged to support the eggs in a vertical position with their points at the bottom, and means for supporting the egg holders in a verticalposition upon their lower edges, said means including a receptacle, a lining of thin material arranged within the receptacle and creased or bent to form opposite vertical guides, which receive the vertical side edges of the egg holders, and means located at intervals between the sition by the egg cells for spacing the egg holders or carriers. i

3. A device of the class describedJ comprising vertical egg carriers or holders, each composed of two sheets of thin material and provided with coinciding cavities fitting together and forming egg cells conforming to the con-l figuration cf an egg and arranged to support the eggs in a vertical position with their points at the bottom, and means forv supporting the egg holders'ina vertical position upon their lower edges, saidmeans including with a lining of thin material having opposite v guide grooves formed by slidably the vertical side and provided with coincidingcaviti'es fitting together and forming egg cells conforming and means for supporting the egg a vertical position upon their lower edges,

j ranged in the guides and held in pooutwardly' extending crimps or lbends and receiving 'edges of the said egg holders.

4. A device of the class described includto the configuration of an egg 'and arran ed to support the eggs in a vertical position with their points at the bottom, said egg cells being arranged in spaced vertical rows, and means for supporting the egg holders in a vertical position upon their lower edges, said means comprising a receptacle having a lining of thin material bent or creased to form inwardly extending bracing ribs arranged at intervals at opposite sides of the receptacle and fitting against the adjacent egg holders between the vertical rows of the egg cells, said lining being also provided at the other sides of the receptacle with grooves'receiving the vertical side edges of the egg holders.

5. A device of theclass described including egg holders composed. of two sheets of thin material fitted fiat against each other and provided with coinciding cavities fitting together and forming egg cells conforming to the configuration of an egg and arranged to support the eggs in Va vertical position with theirl points at the bottom, said egg cells being arranged in spaced vertical rows, holders in said means comprising a receptacle having a lining of thin material bent or creased to form inwardly ranged at intervals at opposite sides of the receptacle and fitting against the adjacent egg holders between theovertical rows of the egg cells, and vertical spacing strips arplane of the said ribs and interposed between the egg holders and slid- -ably fitted between the vert1ca'l`rows of egg cells and retained in place by the latter.

6. A device of the class described including a receptacle, a rectangular 4lining arranged within the receptacle and provided at two of its sides with opposite vertical guide grooves and havinginwardly extending vertical bracing and spacing ribs at the other a pluralit of Vertical egg holders or carriers slidably tting attheir side edges in the said grooves and provided with vertical rows of egg cells, the'said ribsfitting between the rows of the cells of the outermost holders or carriers, and vertical spacing strips interposed carriers and slidably fitting between the -vertical rows of egg cells and coacting with the ribs to form continuous braces.

In testimony, my own, I have hereto -affixed my signature in the presence of two/witnesses.

JOHN M. sHEL'roN.

v Witnesses: l l JOHN H. SIGGERs,

EDITH L. BRowN.'

that vI claim the foregoing as` extending bracing ribs arbetween the holders or e 

